TY - BOOK AU - Farin,Gerald E. AU - Hansford,Dianne TI - Mathematical principles for scientific computing and visualization SN - 9781439865040 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2008/// CY - Wellesley, Mass. PB - AK Peters KW - Science KW - Data processing KW - Numerical analysis KW - Information visualization KW - Computer graphics KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-270) and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. Computational basics -- 3. Coordinate systems -- 4. Background : numerical linear algebra -- 5. Solving linear systems -- 6. Eigen-problems -- 7. Background : numerical calculus -- 8. Data fitting -- 9. Computing dynamic processes -- 10. Finding roots -- 11. Computing with multivariate functions -- 12. Visualizing empirical data -- 13. Facets -- 14. Visualizing scalar values over 2D data -- 15. Volume visualization -- 16. Background : computer graphics; Also available in print edition UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439865040 ER -